Suzhou News

New Railway Opens, but is Economic Prosperity Sure to Follow?

Talk of the town is the new Yangtze River Shanghai-Nanjing High-speed Railway which opened to fare-paying passengers ahead of the holiday. Auspicious for many be it; in theory it can usher in prosperity all around. In one particular place...

Hospital in Suzhou Opens Beauty Centre; Integrates Medicine with Aesthetics

Suzhou High-tech Zone People's Hospital kicked things off with a large-scale free clinic on 8 October. Being in a hospital, expect transparency and reasonable cost. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Xuzhou via...

Tea Wars Turn High End Shopping Mall in to Vegetable Market

Consumers have turned out to be the real winners in recent days, as a war between milk tea brands in Suzhou’s top mall brought chaos, pandemonium and more than a few bargains to the throngs drawn in by the...

3 Year Bike Ride Collects Stamps from Every Post Office in China

From 2018 to 2021, a Suzhou man toured China by bicycle, taking in the nation’s 56 ethnic groups and getting his map stamped at 334 post offices. Now, a 30-second video clip of the stamping has gone viral, reigniting...

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